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It sounds like you’re saying the Chinese government won’t intervene because the status quo is acceptable. But the Chinese government might not be the side to es
by lacker 7y ago
It sounds like you’re saying the Chinese government won’t intervene because the status quo is acceptable. But the Chinese government might not be the side to escalate. There’s a lot of protesters now and a lot of subfactions of the protesters. If this keeps up, the protesters might get organized enough for some faction to decide the right move is an escalation to violence.
IMO these situations are fundamentally unpredictable, and a violent outcome is quite possible.
- 627467 7y agoThe situation is so far from unbearable to either side that any suggestion of potential escalation to military levels is madness. HK is not armed. The population is not violent. They are trying to be assertive (kudos for the Democratic society) but these are relatively reasonable masses. If the situation ever became close to military violence HK would shutdown immediately because there 0 chance of a military confrontation between HKSAR and Mainland. And the US or Taiwan would not intervene in a clear domestic Chinese issue.